2 Guilty In Nation's First Felony Spam Case

KingFishKingFish
edited November 2004 in Science & Tech
A brother and sister who sent unsolicited junk e-mail to millions of America Online customers were convicted Wednesday in the nation's first felony prosecution of distributors of spam.
After returning their verdict, jurors immediately began deliberating punishments for Jeremy D. Jaynes, 30, and Jessica DeGroot, 28, both of the Raleigh, N.C., area. Each could receive jail terms for fraudulently sending junk mail. A third defendant, Richard Rutkowski, was acquitted. Jurors deliberated 1½ days. Prosecutors compared Jaynes and DeGroot to modern-day snake oil salesmen who used the Internet to peddle junk like a ``FedEx refund processor'' that supposedly allowed people to earn $75 an hour for working from home. In one month alone, Jaynes received 10,000 credit card orders, each for $39.95 for the processor.
Source: Sun-Sentinel

Comments

  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    Jeremy D. Jaynes was sentenced to jail for 9 years. ;D It just came down the wire today.
  • KingFishKingFish
    edited November 2004
    He escaped the death penalty for this?
  • DexterDexter Vancouver, BC Canada
    edited November 2004
    In one month alone, Jaynes received 10,000 credit card orders, each for $39.95 for the processor.

    OMFG! I knew there were a lot of stoopid people out there, but 10,000 for this guy's crap alone? :shakehead

    Dexter...
  • Micks 109
    edited November 2004
    just think that one guy got 10,000 for the one item just think if he had been selling two or three that could have got him 30,000 numbers that = $1198500 he could have gone to jail rich
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